Indian govt bodies world's top victims of cyber attacks in 2022: Report

Number of incidents up 8x YoY shows CloudSEK study; Railways, AIIMS, CDSL among more recent cases; political and religious motives surpass commercial in several cases

Government bodies in India suffered the highest number of cyber attacks at 82 in the year 2022. The figure was up eight fold over the previous year.

According to a report released by threat analytics company CloudSEK, there was an alarming increase in cyber attacks targeting government entities in India. The company's cyber threat monitoring system had registered just 11 attacks on Indian public sector organisations in 2021.

The cyber incidents intensified due to hacktivist group Dragon Force Malaysia's #OpIndia and #OpsPatuk campaigns, the report says.  

Government-linked institutions such as Indian Railways, All India Institute Of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), and